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Interview with Rev. Lesley Carroll and Chris Donnelly by Stephen Nolan for BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show on 8 August 2013

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Audio interview with Rev. Lesley Carroll, a Presbyterian minister in North Belfast, and Chris Donnelly, republican blogger, by Stephen Nolan for the Nolan Show on 8 August 2013. The beginning of August had seen increased community tensions in Northern Ireland. On 6 August the Lord Mayor of Belfast Máirtín Ó Muilleoir was attacked by unionist demonstrators at a public event while five days later a contentious Sinn Fein took place in Castlederg, Co. Tyrone. It had been organised in commemoration of two members of the IRA who were killed in Castlederg in 1973 when the bombs they were transporting exploded. In advance of the latter parade Carroll and Donnelly discuss the issue of political leadership in Northern Ireland. The Nolan Show is a daily current affairs programme on BBC Radio Ulster.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 8 August 2013

Name of First Interviewee: Rev. Lesley Carroll

Name of Second Interviewee: Chris Donnelly

Role at time of Interview: Rev. Lesley Carroll (Presbyterian minister in North Belfast), Chris Donnelly (republican blogger)

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audio

Copyright: BBC © 2013

Link: Listen to the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Radio Ulster The Nolan Show

Time Period covered: 1973-2013

Key Individuals: Rev. Lesley Carroll, Chris Donnelly, Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Simon Hamilton, Richard Hass

Key Words: DUP, Sinn Fein, IRA, community relations, commemoration, Parades Commission, flag

 

 

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